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you can use it. you don't have to use it but we hope it's a valuable enough system that we will get lots of users. who pays for it? i talked a little bit about this, but the capital cost of the buildout, 100% paid by motorola. it should be motorola or the b-top grant. site remediation, motorola's covering those costs. site maintenance and upkeep, site owners and jurisdictions that own and control sites will have to put some resources into contributing the sites to staff time, to escorting motorola onto the sites to do the work. there will be in some cases these sites are leased and may be lease modifications that will be some costs and utility, the electricity, whatever increases electricity on the sites to add the new equipment will be the responsibility of the jurisdictions. operations costs, motorola is responsible for operating the system. they will generate revenues through their monthly user fees to cover the cost of operation. but, again, motorola has the commitment to operate the system regar
you can use it. you don't have to use it but we hope it's a valuable enough system that we will get lots of users. who pays for it? i talked a little bit about this, but the capital cost of the buildout, 100% paid by motorola. it should be motorola or the b-top grant. site remediation, motorola's covering those costs. site maintenance and upkeep, site owners and jurisdictions that own and control sites will have to put some resources into contributing the sites to staff time, to escorting...
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we have the reserve fund you established, which allows us to use the reserve. i have established another bond reserve fund, established about four or five years ago. that is up to about $50 million in addition. we were showing the debt rating agencies. they will see a $30 million reserve. >> that leslie allocated to debt service needs as opposed to operational needs -- that would actually be allocated to debt service needs. >> basically, none of them would be allocated. it would be a backstop. director heinicke: that is what i mean. >> half of it would be a reserve fund to give comfort to the credit rating agencies. our annual debt service would be in the range of $10 million or so in the first several years. we will budget that in the operating budget and give the rating agency some comfort. director heinicke: right. i get it. that will be comfortable for rating agencies, but the broader discussion, and we can do this at the workshop and perhaps before we issue, is a $15 million or $30 million reserve is a far cry from what we had before. i realize you have be
we have the reserve fund you established, which allows us to use the reserve. i have established another bond reserve fund, established about four or five years ago. that is up to about $50 million in addition. we were showing the debt rating agencies. they will see a $30 million reserve. >> that leslie allocated to debt service needs as opposed to operational needs -- that would actually be allocated to debt service needs. >> basically, none of them would be allocated. it would be...
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us. out of the youths i have worked with, they have come to the monthly meeting to speak on the ordinance in the general order, and they're very, very happy that they have been heard. she's not here today, but she was at the community meeting at caesars of best elementary school. that was her when she said that was her voice. i think that exemplifies the type of community policing that we need. we all know that in order -- i have said this many times, in order to have a truly safe neighborhood, truly safe san francisco, of course we need the police. but the police also need us and our voices. i hope this is going to be the start of an amazing relationship for the future. we have started youth summit that colonel hite, one in two, where we had police officers come to the community, and they were able to talk with the youth and close that gap that is missing. i hope that everybody will be there to express this amazing occasion that we have been having. thank you so much. supervisor campos:
us. out of the youths i have worked with, they have come to the monthly meeting to speak on the ordinance in the general order, and they're very, very happy that they have been heard. she's not here today, but she was at the community meeting at caesars of best elementary school. that was her when she said that was her voice. i think that exemplifies the type of community policing that we need. we all know that in order -- i have said this many times, in order to have a truly safe neighborhood,...
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it might have us joining the forces to find a solution. we don't have anything in place yet, so there isn't a program that we are supporting. we support the concept. but it is the development of the program, how it will get implemented. the implementation conversation that we have been having, it has been extremely challenging because we would be talking about having the school district implement selling the passes, and that is why the free passes were more attractive. i would push to have support for coming together to come up with a program to identify funding into be able to participate in the launch of this program. i am a little worried about supporting free passes, especially for all youth. i get what we want to do this for all youth, but i think for the board, we are looking at what we are doing for the public school kids, and that is all we can speak to. this is just my own opinion on supporting the free passes. as an individual, i am not sure that i personally support it for all youth. i think there hasn't been any clarity to that
it might have us joining the forces to find a solution. we don't have anything in place yet, so there isn't a program that we are supporting. we support the concept. but it is the development of the program, how it will get implemented. the implementation conversation that we have been having, it has been extremely challenging because we would be talking about having the school district implement selling the passes, and that is why the free passes were more attractive. i would push to have...
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adding the words that you gave us, when that make it better? >> can you read what the board of supervisors has? >> the first result clause in the legislation is resolved at the board of supervisors of the city and county urges the metropolitan transportation commission to work collectively to design, secure funding for, at lunch program with a clear timeline that provides access to free of charge to san francisco in youth. i think that is the pertinent clause. >> if that is ok with you guys, the support and with the board of supervisors is doing, allowing them to join forces and allowing them to be at the table. we agree this is a good idea and we want to participate. that would make sense if that makes sense to you guys. does that speak to your meeting with your fellow students was about? >> yes. for some reason, we did not add that because we did not want our resolution to look like david campos's resultion. [laughter] we tried our best. >> prove to be told, i love it. >> is there a question? >> in terms of doing the rewording, does it still
adding the words that you gave us, when that make it better? >> can you read what the board of supervisors has? >> the first result clause in the legislation is resolved at the board of supervisors of the city and county urges the metropolitan transportation commission to work collectively to design, secure funding for, at lunch program with a clear timeline that provides access to free of charge to san francisco in youth. i think that is the pertinent clause. >> if that is ok...
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an important family friend give us a dining table, very important, and we are excited about it. my little brother and i were 11, 14. we were realizing that they were kind of hand prints everywhere on the bottom where no one would really see, and it became this kind of a weakening of what child labor is. it was almost like an exercise to show a stranger that feeling we had at that moment. >> the second thing the exhibition covers is how the allocation is defined, a great example on the theme, sculpture called mexicali culture. another bay area artist who has done residencies in china and also to what, mexico. where immigrant communities really helped define how businesses look of a business' sign age and interior decoration, her sculptural piece kind of mismatches the two communities together, creating this wonderful, fantastical future look at what the present is today. first topic is where we can see where the two communities are intersecting and where they start colliding. teresa fernandez did a sculptural installation, utilizing the ubiquitous blue, white, and read patterns o
an important family friend give us a dining table, very important, and we are excited about it. my little brother and i were 11, 14. we were realizing that they were kind of hand prints everywhere on the bottom where no one would really see, and it became this kind of a weakening of what child labor is. it was almost like an exercise to show a stranger that feeling we had at that moment. >> the second thing the exhibition covers is how the allocation is defined, a great example on the...
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use the service for free. supervisor avalos: could you explain further how the fees work for -- >> yes. the clipper or the company keeps track of each time someone taps or getting on the bus or going through a turnstile. and there is a charge, which is i think a pretty small charge, like 1 1/2 cents per tap but it adds up. so the costs right now is about $5.9 million a year that's paid by m.t.a. to -- for the clipper contract on top of some base amounts, some flat fees that are paid to the company as well. so if ridership goes up or down, the number of taps can change. and that costs can be affected by it. so we looked at two options in our analysis. one is if clipper cards are used to verify that it's an eligible youth, who does not have to pay the fare, and then we also consider an option that school i.d. cards would be used if the program were for students only. and that can affect the cost. i'll show you in a minute here. on the savings side, we also estimated some changes in the fare enforcement program o
use the service for free. supervisor avalos: could you explain further how the fees work for -- >> yes. the clipper or the company keeps track of each time someone taps or getting on the bus or going through a turnstile. and there is a charge, which is i think a pretty small charge, like 1 1/2 cents per tap but it adds up. so the costs right now is about $5.9 million a year that's paid by m.t.a. to -- for the clipper contract on top of some base amounts, some flat fees that are paid to...
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allow us to decrease as the risk increases. president vietor: then if we meet our financial goals, then it would still be -- is there a benchmark time when it gets put back into the coffers? commissioner torres: it says 4.5 years. >> the appropriation and the funds sitting there in the escrow account to give shell comfort in the case of default, we are in discussions with shell about how that amount could decline over time it the remaining contract declines. again, to emphasize, just because this money is appropriated and in that escrow account, it is not necessarily spent. it is only in the event of default. and if we default by the time prices have moved, going down. president vietor: i am hoberman that the program would be successful in the first year. -- i am hoping that the program would be successful in the first year. and then in the interest bearing account. but it sounds like it's tuesday appropriated for the life of the contract. even with these risks. >> right, i would say that some portion of it would have to stay a
allow us to decrease as the risk increases. president vietor: then if we meet our financial goals, then it would still be -- is there a benchmark time when it gets put back into the coffers? commissioner torres: it says 4.5 years. >> the appropriation and the funds sitting there in the escrow account to give shell comfort in the case of default, we are in discussions with shell about how that amount could decline over time it the remaining contract declines. again, to emphasize, just...
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what they will then do is give us a baseline report. it is our intention because of the nature and importance of this to -- the project approach to replace the cable with the splices. there is no need -- the splices have occurred in certain areas or segments of the line, so we will focus on cleaning up the segments. the work next week will give us a sense of a preparation plant and what we need to do to get ready for the third phase of the project. they will prepare this baseline and proof of concept plan. then, what we will do is prepare with their oversight -- they will play a role in this because of the significance of the signal cable. we expect some time later in the beginning of november to begin the work. we will work within the time windows that we have at night that works once we have our baseline. we identify where the areas are that we have to replace. we will do that -- each time we replace cable, obviously, given the function of it, we have to test it immediately. we will have test trains in to test every section of cable t
what they will then do is give us a baseline report. it is our intention because of the nature and importance of this to -- the project approach to replace the cable with the splices. there is no need -- the splices have occurred in certain areas or segments of the line, so we will focus on cleaning up the segments. the work next week will give us a sense of a preparation plant and what we need to do to get ready for the third phase of the project. they will prepare this baseline and proof of...
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use less water. >> thank you. yes, i mean i would like to see part of this pilot. it kind of balance these two resolutions. some work on the real benefit of the community gardens and urban agriculture on water, with the potential is for saving, keeping and out of the waste stream for rainwater harvesting for all of these things that we have talked about. it seems like fertile ground, so to speak. or some kind of analysis. other comments on the water piece -- on this resolution at this time? hearing none, all those in favor? opposed? motion carries. thank you very much. >> item 17, discussion and possible action authorizing the san francisco public utilities commission general manager to consent to a proposed sublease to that certainly is dated september 12, 1995, by and between the city, as landlord, and san antonio center llc, a california limited liability company as tenants in mountain view, california, transferring a portion of lease rights to mgp ix properties, a delaware limited liability company. >> good mo
use less water. >> thank you. yes, i mean i would like to see part of this pilot. it kind of balance these two resolutions. some work on the real benefit of the community gardens and urban agriculture on water, with the potential is for saving, keeping and out of the waste stream for rainwater harvesting for all of these things that we have talked about. it seems like fertile ground, so to speak. or some kind of analysis. other comments on the water piece -- on this resolution at this...
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with us. it is a great partnership and we are excited to see what comes out of it. a couple other briefings, mobile traffic on the web site that means access in the mobile device has become a significant part of how people are connecting with us. it is in desperate need of improvement. we have data on what devices they use, it is different on weekdays and on weekends. on holiday weekends. the most popular things they are looking at our schedules and routes and guides. more signals in terms of what information people are trying to get. if labor day weekend holiday parking enforcement accounted for 20% of the smart phone traffic. the marketing staff is preparing a test pilot of a new application for smart phones that would be able to provide general route information and it would be able to provide alerts so you would be able to sign a a and know when something is happening. before i walked out of tom, i might want to choose a different route. that kind of service, improving communication with t
with us. it is a great partnership and we are excited to see what comes out of it. a couple other briefings, mobile traffic on the web site that means access in the mobile device has become a significant part of how people are connecting with us. it is in desperate need of improvement. we have data on what devices they use, it is different on weekdays and on weekends. on holiday weekends. the most popular things they are looking at our schedules and routes and guides. more signals in terms of...
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maybe we can use that one. the question is for the areas -- the municipalities that have free youth service, is that means tested? is that based on income level? or is it all youth in those places? portland, oregon, and new york city? >> yeah. portland is all youth. and new york is distant from the school. >> not based on income -- >> and where students live, right. >> ok. very good. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is annie and i'm a senior at galeo high school. i'm with the youth empowerment project, a youth-led, youth-run advocacy organization based in chinatown. so all of the youth are from our -- are high schoolers. mostly coming from low income families that live in chinatown. visitation valley, gulch and excelsor neighborhoods. for the past 12 or 13 years, i've been heavily dependent on muni not only for five days of school but also on weekends for chinese school. it usually takes me 45 minutes to an hour to get to school. without transportation, it is impossible to get to school because it serves
maybe we can use that one. the question is for the areas -- the municipalities that have free youth service, is that means tested? is that based on income level? or is it all youth in those places? portland, oregon, and new york city? >> yeah. portland is all youth. and new york is distant from the school. >> not based on income -- >> and where students live, right. >> ok. very good. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is annie and i'm a senior at galeo high...
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do we have any other items before us? we are adjourned. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is represent in a geo graphic space
do we have any other items before us? we are adjourned. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis...
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identifying better how to use it. utilization to coordinate events i think continues to be a good use of everybody's time. sometimes it seems a little slow. sometimes it seems like, "why are we here?" i would like to remind people that things do happen. while the reno air show is an anomaly, things do happen at these events. a grandstand collapse in indianapolis was something nobody ever thought of happening. whenever you have large crowds, things can happen. having a lot of people in the room to solve a problem right then is how to solve it. we look at how to do special event planning from a public safety perspective and making some changes to that. we are starting to look at a more holistic approach earlier out, getting all the disciplines together and refining how we will interact and communicate at any event, defining the parameters of the event, and looking at how we handle the issues that happen at events versus the larger 911 system. the ultimate goal is that, particularly on the medical side, is that we do not
identifying better how to use it. utilization to coordinate events i think continues to be a good use of everybody's time. sometimes it seems a little slow. sometimes it seems like, "why are we here?" i would like to remind people that things do happen. while the reno air show is an anomaly, things do happen at these events. a grandstand collapse in indianapolis was something nobody ever thought of happening. whenever you have large crowds, things can happen. having a lot of people in...
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that has been a great thing for us. it has allowed us to not have to buy much power on the open market because we of of extra water to produce hydropower, and that has been a very big asset for the city. commissioner avalos": we use to sell a lot more on the open market. was there a change that made that happen? >> we tried to manage it up to the bank we can retain. right now we are allowed to retain about 110 megawatts each year. we're always trying to maximize and put into the bank as much as we can, and to the degree we are blessed with any additional hydro power, we're selling that into the market to the degree we are not meeting of four city facilities, and we're also not buying power in certain months when we're not generating electricity. it is managed daily to make sure we're maximizing whenever the revenues are in minimizing the cost for that day based on the hydro electric flow. commissioner avalos: are there other ways in which it is being looked at to see how it can be used? i was talking to the commissioner
that has been a great thing for us. it has allowed us to not have to buy much power on the open market because we of of extra water to produce hydropower, and that has been a very big asset for the city. commissioner avalos": we use to sell a lot more on the open market. was there a change that made that happen? >> we tried to manage it up to the bank we can retain. right now we are allowed to retain about 110 megawatts each year. we're always trying to maximize and put into the bank...
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in zone 3, they are still using the area to build up the beams for the short wall. the continued use of the staging area. they are ready for the shoring wall equipment to be there. in some of your, the milestone at the beginning of the month of september with the beginning of the buttress work -- in selling four -- zone four. some comparison voters, the photo on the left was the end of august, on the right, early october, september. that is the far east and. a lot more activity. that is the buttress operation with both rotators working. one crane each servicing each rotator and the third service crane, all heavy-duty large equipment. some slides of that in a second. in the central and west end of the project are zones three, two, and one. you can see it was just getting started back at the end of august, early september, and now, both rigs are working successfully on the north and south sides of the project. to remind you, on the timeline, we are still at the end of the duchess activities. the cdsm should be complete by early next year with zones 1 and two complete
in zone 3, they are still using the area to build up the beams for the short wall. the continued use of the staging area. they are ready for the shoring wall equipment to be there. in some of your, the milestone at the beginning of the month of september with the beginning of the buttress work -- in selling four -- zone four. some comparison voters, the photo on the left was the end of august, on the right, early october, september. that is the far east and. a lot more activity. that is the...
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we need it to be able to get us around. it opens doors for us to connect with these resources. the question is, is used a priority? does the city really care about the struggles of young people and working families? it is important to hear the experiences and perspectives of young people directly because there are 1000 stories just like mine. the school year is in full swing. meeting with the members of the board to further discuss the proposal, we need your support to authorize our proposal. if thank-you. -- thank you. [applause] chairman nolan: two folks wanted to speak from power. are there people that wanted to speak on other things? [talking over each other] >> there were some other people outside of power that wanted to speak. iris leibowitz? are you here? miss tyson? the rest are on public comment. chairman nolan: we look forward to seeing you on the eighteenth. >> and thank you for providing the translation. >> i don't see mr. murphy. chairman nolan: i would like to announce at this point, will group items 11, 12, 13 on the same subject and will call them all that once
we need it to be able to get us around. it opens doors for us to connect with these resources. the question is, is used a priority? does the city really care about the struggles of young people and working families? it is important to hear the experiences and perspectives of young people directly because there are 1000 stories just like mine. the school year is in full swing. meeting with the members of the board to further discuss the proposal, we need your support to authorize our proposal....
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a lot of us are dealing with some kind of cold these days. i have put several items, resolutions that i would like to look after. 1110, 11k4 on page 2. this is professional development for early education department teaching staff. i would like to know how this professional development is going to be provided, particularly because it is so difficult with the days that our early education department program marks, it has always been an obstacle. i hope you will look into that. and is this for the teachers? or is it just for the presenters? on page 84, i see that the after-school program is going to be partnering with edgewood, and i am wondering, who is going to evaluate that program? it looks as if that is part of their charge t on page 86, we are talking about p.l.a.n. eight monthly development professional workshops. we are wondering, when are these workshops going to take place? it says eight monthly workshops. are they going to take place during the school day? how will those people be replaced when they are not at school? and i think i h
a lot of us are dealing with some kind of cold these days. i have put several items, resolutions that i would like to look after. 1110, 11k4 on page 2. this is professional development for early education department teaching staff. i would like to know how this professional development is going to be provided, particularly because it is so difficult with the days that our early education department program marks, it has always been an obstacle. i hope you will look into that. and is this for...
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until they get sick, they will not use it. if you can make a mechanism which says i can sign them up, it will cost me $600 or $700 a year for the average part-time employee. i am not trying to advocate -- abdicate my responsibility. i would rather they go get a shot then be out with a week with -- out for a week with the flute -- the flu. what i need is a pragmatic approach where i can pay the bills. whether it is six months, a year, 18 months, you cannot make me move the money into account, which we all agree that under the best circumstances, 50% will get used over time. let me pay it on a cruel. they need it, i write a check. but if you make me move that money, park it into account that over the next couple of years, $150,000 might be used, i do not have it. anyone wants to ask questions, i have numbers. i can show you i have $30,000 of liability. there has been an extensive talk about leveling the playing field. i have a competitor on one side of me with 19 employees, no liability. one of the other side with 25 to 30 emplo
until they get sick, they will not use it. if you can make a mechanism which says i can sign them up, it will cost me $600 or $700 a year for the average part-time employee. i am not trying to advocate -- abdicate my responsibility. i would rather they go get a shot then be out with a week with -- out for a week with the flute -- the flu. what i need is a pragmatic approach where i can pay the bills. whether it is six months, a year, 18 months, you cannot make me move the money into account,...
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we have not gotten to that point yet, because they may have said, you wanted us to use about reform partner, but this one is better. that is not a big deal. but we would have to go back and say, this is what they want to do, and this is why, and we need to get those budget revisions approved. >> i want to thank you for a much for the time and attention you have given to my questions. commissioner wynns: i just wanted to us in one short question about what you raised about mission high school to remove -- about mission high school. i am hoping you can give us some insight into our relationship whiswith cde. i want to say publicly i appreciate the we have tried to do this in a site support of the way -- site supportive way. while we have funding, and whether we can make a judgment about how enthusiastic we think the state department is in support of what i view as a negatively-focused project, so i am interested, and that might be a good thing to reflect on, and i will take time this evening to give you an idea of how we think our working relationship is, and the last thing of related to that
we have not gotten to that point yet, because they may have said, you wanted us to use about reform partner, but this one is better. that is not a big deal. but we would have to go back and say, this is what they want to do, and this is why, and we need to get those budget revisions approved. >> i want to thank you for a much for the time and attention you have given to my questions. commissioner wynns: i just wanted to us in one short question about what you raised about mission high...
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it may be in several different forms that come back to us. i think it would be irresponsible of us to have an automatic execution provision in the resolution. i have suggested to staff, and i have copies here, that would maintain the affirmative statement it these kinds of issues can be resolved. it does bring back to the commission the item. we know how any other issues have been dealt with, and before we set that up, if we could have a final vote on that. those are my issues. i will distribute -- i do not have a paper on the 20 megawatt version, but i think that is the changing of a couple of numbers. and i do have a paper on the resolution i will distribute. i believe this happened secretary already have copies. >> i do want to empower some point want to get to public comment. i know we of a number of people that want to speak. commissioner courtney. commissioner courtney: with respect to the second concern, i am wondering to what extend the third resolution from the bottom fails to address that. >> i think it states the broad issue that w
it may be in several different forms that come back to us. i think it would be irresponsible of us to have an automatic execution provision in the resolution. i have suggested to staff, and i have copies here, that would maintain the affirmative statement it these kinds of issues can be resolved. it does bring back to the commission the item. we know how any other issues have been dealt with, and before we set that up, if we could have a final vote on that. those are my issues. i will...
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support our local jobs and use that company. in the case, given the mta, that is fine, but whether you want to continue, mta is already doing what the resolution as for. supervisor campos: thank you. i do believe that we know enough to know that the current situation is not from my perspective the right policy approach, that there are still enough questions that need to be addressed, which is why -- i do not know what that answer is, which is why we are asking the mta to reconsider. quite frankly, i do believe it is important for us to move forward, because even though the hope is that this will change with the new leadership at mta, we have had many examples where the board of supervisors has heard from the mta in the past they're going to move in a certain direction and make progress in a certain area, and unfortunately that has not happened with some issues, so i think it is important for us to do that. i appreciate your perspective in respect to that perspective, but i would ask that we move that item forward with a positive
support our local jobs and use that company. in the case, given the mta, that is fine, but whether you want to continue, mta is already doing what the resolution as for. supervisor campos: thank you. i do believe that we know enough to know that the current situation is not from my perspective the right policy approach, that there are still enough questions that need to be addressed, which is why -- i do not know what that answer is, which is why we are asking the mta to reconsider. quite...
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i want to congratulate you on your effort and coming to speak in front of us. i will be supportive of the resolution. i believe it is thoughtful, because it asks the city to come together to figure out how to make that happen. it is important to know we have to figure out how to do it. >> if i may add, i was very touched by the 82-year-old gentleman coming here to support our youth. you can see this crosses all generations. it is really great to see that happen in san francisco. [applause] supervisor mar: i acknowledged a bunch of organizations that are the main core of the movement that is building for a free muni for youth. but i also wanted to thank coleman advocates, san francisco organizing project, the bike coalition, and others that are here. thank you for building a movement with youth in the lead, from the bottom up. supervisor elsbernd: i get to be the bad guy this afternoon. i think somebody has to. i think somebody needs to put forward some of the dissenting views on this. not that this is not an important issue. not that i do not recognize the need
i want to congratulate you on your effort and coming to speak in front of us. i will be supportive of the resolution. i believe it is thoughtful, because it asks the city to come together to figure out how to make that happen. it is important to know we have to figure out how to do it. >> if i may add, i was very touched by the 82-year-old gentleman coming here to support our youth. you can see this crosses all generations. it is really great to see that happen in san francisco....
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they charge about $2 as a surcharge when someone uses a credit card, or allow us to say no. the third option is to set a minimum price from $30, $40 minimum. this is unfair to pass this. thank you. >> hi, john haughn, san francisco yellow cab driver. what i have here is something you will get from yellow cab. management was nice enough to give me a copy of it. just a point of clarity on some of the information that is it here is that on page 2 that under the new regulations companies that wish to charge drivers must also have rear seat processing units. the third-party processor is also paying for those units and continued maintenance. it is time wording, but what we understand -- fine wording, but a portion of the piper's son is being taken out to pay for the rear pay terminals. a lot of that is not going to the processing fee, it is going to pay for the back seat terminals, and then they carry advertisements and that is split between companies and vendors. i just want you to take note of the wording. also, apparently, according to this information, most cab companies are c
they charge about $2 as a surcharge when someone uses a credit card, or allow us to say no. the third option is to set a minimum price from $30, $40 minimum. this is unfair to pass this. thank you. >> hi, john haughn, san francisco yellow cab driver. what i have here is something you will get from yellow cab. management was nice enough to give me a copy of it. just a point of clarity on some of the information that is it here is that on page 2 that under the new regulations companies that...
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one of the other things that has been really useful for us with these numbers is the web-based technology system, which also oweewd are using as well and wil continue to be helpful with the hiring legislation as that moves forward. we have the ability to look at outcomes in real time with a two-week lag, which before was about two to three months. we are able to reflect back to contractors almost immediately what the process is. supervisor campos: thank you. now why don't we hear from owed. >> tiffany boehie again. mark majors is here if there are further questions about coordination, but we do work closely together on work force, both on the construction site, referral side, and in light of the adoption of the mandatory local hire, we're looking at how we can adopt it. the program was adopted by the city in march, so we are really tracking that and looking at how the agency's program can pick up and adopt the city's program, but we want to benefit from the lessons learned, and as president chiu indicated, there are things that could be implemented on the city said that could make each pr
one of the other things that has been really useful for us with these numbers is the web-based technology system, which also oweewd are using as well and wil continue to be helpful with the hiring legislation as that moves forward. we have the ability to look at outcomes in real time with a two-week lag, which before was about two to three months. we are able to reflect back to contractors almost immediately what the process is. supervisor campos: thank you. now why don't we hear from owed....
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the group of us, five of us on this particular committee, made up two men, three women. one is a retired clinical social worker, a retired associate dean of a law school, her legal tutor, security administrator, businesswoman, and retired high school principal. log cabin is a juvenile facility -- facility 45 miles south of the city. one reason we were concerned about this area, in doing some of the research, we saw many of the individuals were not being sent to log cabin. they were being sent out to places like glen mills, george jr. facility, in pennsylvania, so we asked, why would we do that? i think we saw some of the negatives in the past and saw log cabin moving toward positive horizons in the future. some of the changes that have occurred, we have a strong leadership team. just a great people. if you ever put saints up on the city hall, you can put them up there somewhere. they have also have a nice sound and tested philosophy. they have moved to the missouri model, a strong rehabilitation system for youth. they have strong partners in the san francisco conservatio
the group of us, five of us on this particular committee, made up two men, three women. one is a retired clinical social worker, a retired associate dean of a law school, her legal tutor, security administrator, businesswoman, and retired high school principal. log cabin is a juvenile facility -- facility 45 miles south of the city. one reason we were concerned about this area, in doing some of the research, we saw many of the individuals were not being sent to log cabin. they were being sent...
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go i want you to tell us what teachers are saying about that. it certainly is true. given the challenges, a different curriculum, it is not a good idea to have two kids in this classroom, three kids in that classroom when you could have a more reasonable program. there does not seem to be any other way to do it, so i am interested in those kinds of practical impacts. it is what comes to mind, and every parent will have to think about that, and also the financial impact that we need your monitor, because it is not only impractical but really a bad idea to have this discussion as though it was not a budget crisis, and then when the budget is done to say, we cannot do that, even though that is what we need based on these earnings, so i am hoping the answers to all the questions will be in that context, that you will have the practical impact about what we think is doable. nothing could explain how we could do more days of development and not take into account what we are going to do with kindergarten teachers, how they are going to cover all the other things the school
go i want you to tell us what teachers are saying about that. it certainly is true. given the challenges, a different curriculum, it is not a good idea to have two kids in this classroom, three kids in that classroom when you could have a more reasonable program. there does not seem to be any other way to do it, so i am interested in those kinds of practical impacts. it is what comes to mind, and every parent will have to think about that, and also the financial impact that we need your...
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i would not say they are necessarily using l.a. as a model. i would say they are also talking to oakland and san diego, but all of us are in the same group having the same conversations, so after a while you know. it is the same influence going on, but l.a. actually did something we are going to do, which is they created a study group, and they looked at how do they look at what they are doing in general. you start a conversation with what is it superior -- what is it. create a group with multiple stakeholders, and we are in the middle of trying to figure out how to peformed the study group where we can have multiple conversations. most of their workers with specific teachers. gooremember that l.a. has 30,000 kids. people volunteered to go to this. these were teachers who normally had a background in preschool, so they were the ones who would be most successful, and they are using those
i would not say they are necessarily using l.a. as a model. i would say they are also talking to oakland and san diego, but all of us are in the same group having the same conversations, so after a while you know. it is the same influence going on, but l.a. actually did something we are going to do, which is they created a study group, and they looked at how do they look at what they are doing in general. you start a conversation with what is it superior -- what is it. create a group with...
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the 11:00 give us enough time? 10:00? >> i need to make sure that the chamber will be available the morning. >> there is a transportation at 9:30, but how about a new -- noon? it would give enough time for that meeting -- >> is that enough time before the board meeting? >> noon on december sixth. tentative meeting scheduled for tuesday, december 6 at 12:00 p.m.. any member of the public of like to speak on this item? public comment is closed. >> item 11, adjournment. >> the meeting is adjourned, thank you to members of lafco, and members of the san francisco public utilities commission. >> congratulations, i am very pleased. i want to thank the staff a lafco and the puc. it has been a long road, the activists and the stakeholders to get us to this point. i encourage you and urge you to stay involved with the board of supervisors and the conversation there because i think there is work to be done on figuring out and finalizing this issue. >> thank you to the rest of staff and advocates, meeting adjourned. >> hello. 9 judge
the 11:00 give us enough time? 10:00? >> i need to make sure that the chamber will be available the morning. >> there is a transportation at 9:30, but how about a new -- noon? it would give enough time for that meeting -- >> is that enough time before the board meeting? >> noon on december sixth. tentative meeting scheduled for tuesday, december 6 at 12:00 p.m.. any member of the public of like to speak on this item? public comment is closed. >> item 11,...
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but foot beats are a priority for us. we know they are particularly special to those commercial corridors that have them. there something that are specific to commercial and transit corridors. i know that neighborhoods have asked for foot beats that were too big of a place and that is just not how they are used. but to that end, i know is a deterrent on transit lines. i know that i work closely with supervisor cohen, making sure that our sure streetbeat are a priority and our staff -- to make sure that our third thatbeat are staffed. we may need to borrow from each other from day to day to make sure things work. but they are a priority. it is not take a day or two for a neighborhood that enjoys a foot beat, when they notice it is not around, to make enough to the captain, i want my foot beat back. it is not lost on the captain or myself. supervisor mirkarimi: how do you sort of help enforce that level on continuity? you do have a rotational captain system. sometimes captains are yanked in the middle of the night from 10 d
but foot beats are a priority for us. we know they are particularly special to those commercial corridors that have them. there something that are specific to commercial and transit corridors. i know that neighborhoods have asked for foot beats that were too big of a place and that is just not how they are used. but to that end, i know is a deterrent on transit lines. i know that i work closely with supervisor cohen, making sure that our sure streetbeat are a priority and our staff -- to make...
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i think it is appropriate to acknowledge the work that got us here. of lafco staff and puc staff and the members themselves. i think it is a very good place that we're at. i look forward to today's discussion. supervisor campos: thank you. with that in mind, let's call item number 3. >> opening remarks and discussion of expectations for the joint meeting. supervisor campos: to that end, let me build on what was said by vice president moran. there has been a lot of work that has gone into making it possible for us to be here today. once again, i want to thank the members of the san francisco puc for making themselves available and to have this joint meeting. it is very difficult and challenging, given the busy schedules that everyone has to find a time where both commissions can have this meeting. but i do think it is a very critical what we have this meeting and that we tried to move this project of community choice aggregation forward. let me say, from my perspective, you know, why i believe that is important for us to take action today. it has been
i think it is appropriate to acknowledge the work that got us here. of lafco staff and puc staff and the members themselves. i think it is a very good place that we're at. i look forward to today's discussion. supervisor campos: thank you. with that in mind, let's call item number 3. >> opening remarks and discussion of expectations for the joint meeting. supervisor campos: to that end, let me build on what was said by vice president moran. there has been a lot of work that has gone into...
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i think it is good for all of us. do we have a threshold for the pla or will this apply to every contract? >> it applies to all the construction work under phase one and phase two. all the transit center work being performed by webcor /obayashi, but also the separate contracts and the tunneling work under phase two. >> you touched on this already, but if you could talk a little bit about if we are not giving our 17% small business participation, what are some steps we can take to mediate that, beyond just talking about it? some things we know we will do in the future? >> things we have done already on this program in order to get ourselves off to a good start include the utility relocation work. all of the utility relocation work was put out at 100% small business relocation participation -- small business participation. that scope, although small in comparison to the buttressed shoring scup, came in a 100% sbe participation and helps with the overall average and overall target. the sbe work, although large and comple
i think it is good for all of us. do we have a threshold for the pla or will this apply to every contract? >> it applies to all the construction work under phase one and phase two. all the transit center work being performed by webcor /obayashi, but also the separate contracts and the tunneling work under phase two. >> you touched on this already, but if you could talk a little bit about if we are not giving our 17% small business participation, what are some steps we can take to...
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i think this is a good public discussion for us to have. i think this speech to the importance of muni in our city and trying to realize that transit first policy established back in 1973. i think it is great we're having this discussion. it would be very easy for any of you to sit up there and say, make this free. what's not to like? it looks good. >> supervisor campos has undertaken this initiative and a very thoughtful way into not just issued an unfunded mandate but you really think through the different issues to work with the stakeholders to identify funding. this makes for a real policy discussion which is one we would want to have. >> i appreciate the approach and i have one comment i would like to make and that is to ban the blue angels from flying over our airspace. >> my realm of responsibility is ground transportation. those flights are affecting our budget. >> a few points i would want to make reference in the opening comments. the state of affairs for muni and the mta are that we are looking at a $23 million shortfall
i think this is a good public discussion for us to have. i think this speech to the importance of muni in our city and trying to realize that transit first policy established back in 1973. i think it is great we're having this discussion. it would be very easy for any of you to sit up there and say, make this free. what's not to like? it looks good. >> supervisor campos has undertaken this initiative and a very thoughtful way into not just issued an unfunded mandate but you really think...
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how often language access has been used. i remember going to the chinatown community meeting and there was a report. with our language access, department general order, where are we in terms of implementation? what is yet in progress and how often are the services used? what are the additional needs the department might have to keep in mind, those of the kinds of questions i have. does that make sense? president mazzucco: is that it for our agenda? >commissioner dejesus: i talked to commissioner mazzucco. he is also on the committee. we will discuss whether or not i would like him to get on the commission. -- khomeni. president mazzucco: we had a closed session item regarding potential litigation. i would like to calendar in the near future our review as to whether or not the police commission should supervise and- or authorize assistance and that was discussed. i would put that on the next three or four weeks. how does that look for the second week of november? we just put something on. let's do it the 16th? november 16. >>
how often language access has been used. i remember going to the chinatown community meeting and there was a report. with our language access, department general order, where are we in terms of implementation? what is yet in progress and how often are the services used? what are the additional needs the department might have to keep in mind, those of the kinds of questions i have. does that make sense? president mazzucco: is that it for our agenda? >commissioner dejesus: i talked to...
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that held us up on that phase, but the work has been more difficult than anticipated. a significant section of the roof, over 60% has had to be removed all the way to the concrete and replaced, so that has extended our contract out into late 2012. this contract now will extend coverage through december 31, 2012, which is slightly beyond our completion date. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we go to the budget analyst report. >> madam chair and members of the committee, on page 6 of the report will show the elements of why this requested $1.9 million increase in insurance services is needed, and we concur with that. there is a technical amendment that needs to be done. there is an incorrect amount, and on page 7 we recommend you amend the resolution to execute the sixth amendment to the program from not to exceed amount 15,000,382t. we recommend you approve this as amended. presideded. supervisor chu: any members of the public that would like to comment. >> my name is douglas yep, and i live in the same district as laguna honda hospital. i am glad to see this item c
that held us up on that phase, but the work has been more difficult than anticipated. a significant section of the roof, over 60% has had to be removed all the way to the concrete and replaced, so that has extended our contract out into late 2012. this contract now will extend coverage through december 31, 2012, which is slightly beyond our completion date. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we go to the budget analyst report. >> madam chair and members of the committee, on page 6 of...
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, but they are not being used at this and these potentially good opportunities for us to move forward on which to these projects. commissioner vietor: commissionercaen? commissioner caen: i am in support of this, but have we decided it? my point is that we should also look at what other use these properties might hold for us, our approach to our last discussion, our, what did we call it, workshop, because i think that is important. i do not think we should specify certain land that we have without investigating all different sources of use of that land. but i am very much in favor of the concept of a pilot program. >> ok. president vietor: yes, i am very excited about this program, because we got the ok from the mayor, and we completed the audit, and there have been a lot of important steps. there is a lot of interest in urban agriculture and all we can do and all the value that provide the round of job creation and life skills training and trinity benefit, and self-reliance and all of the issues that we have talked about in conjunction with an urban agriculture pilot program. you kno
, but they are not being used at this and these potentially good opportunities for us to move forward on which to these projects. commissioner vietor: commissionercaen? commissioner caen: i am in support of this, but have we decided it? my point is that we should also look at what other use these properties might hold for us, our approach to our last discussion, our, what did we call it, workshop, because i think that is important. i do not think we should specify certain land that we have...
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people use the money, if people need it, that is fine, but it is not used, it is not used, and we should not be forced to spend this extra amount. that is one reason why i support the proposal. thank you. -- why i support president chiu 's proposal. thank you. >> i am a second-generation small business owner. i placed chefs in restaurants. i would like to make a couple points about the effect of forcing restaurants to accrue a large amount of money, taking it out of their operating capital, and that is many of our restaurants. this is not the only one, are living very close to the edge. it is the equivalent of hand to mouth. if you take away more, we will have some losses. from my standpoint, more importantly, there is the question of the more or less the zero fund financing in restaurants. only so much comes in. you cannot ask for more money. if you take it from one place, it goes off another. what i am is saying is it is going off the salaries of management and chefs, which means we are no longer in a place where we can compete with other food cities like new york and chicago where che
people use the money, if people need it, that is fine, but it is not used, it is not used, and we should not be forced to spend this extra amount. that is one reason why i support the proposal. thank you. -- why i support president chiu 's proposal. thank you. >> i am a second-generation small business owner. i placed chefs in restaurants. i would like to make a couple points about the effect of forcing restaurants to accrue a large amount of money, taking it out of their operating...
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commissioner moran: it does strike me as the easiest to use. how do you go outside of policy and be true to the policy itself? >> i think that is right. i think we could come up with at least as strong man of some general principles and some values related to that, which might include something like public benefit, so that this really stays a surplus question. this is integrated into the property. this is a core value that we hold. there are city ordinances that we need to comply with. the reason we have gone into this space is that there was an executive order. there was a mayor's directive. there are other pieces. cca, i do not know where that will go. but as part of the build up, it may be important to look as part of energy generation. maybe there is a sidebar to our principles and values that say that these values also need to come into play, short of doing too much of the rubric of methodology, but it is something that we are keeping track of, and i would like this to be a framework overall it will not be horribly difficult, but it is tru
commissioner moran: it does strike me as the easiest to use. how do you go outside of policy and be true to the policy itself? >> i think that is right. i think we could come up with at least as strong man of some general principles and some values related to that, which might include something like public benefit, so that this really stays a surplus question. this is integrated into the property. this is a core value that we hold. there are city ordinances that we need to comply with....
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>> i personally use it and checked the web site. supervisor campos: with respect to the funding that comes from one alenar, i can see where the concern may come from. how does the reimbursement work? the one concern, in respect of of this situation, that i would have with any kind of oversight is that to the extent that reimbursement happens from the individual company, that that does not impact what is actually being provided. in other words, the reimbursement in no way limits what you look at and does not in any way affect what ever objective independent judgment the department is making. and >>> we have 11--- -- terms t funded externally for this work whose purpose it is to basically oversee all of the technical analysis of the site. it regardless of who was during that technical analysis. it is the apartment of public health that decides how much work is necessary for that, and essentially we build the redevelopment agency. the redevelopment agency is paying us, because in terms of where the dipper is coming from, and i understa
>> i personally use it and checked the web site. supervisor campos: with respect to the funding that comes from one alenar, i can see where the concern may come from. how does the reimbursement work? the one concern, in respect of of this situation, that i would have with any kind of oversight is that to the extent that reimbursement happens from the individual company, that that does not impact what is actually being provided. in other words, the reimbursement in no way limits what you...
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uses are. or if the properties are no longer needed for utility purposes, what is this commission's disposition of those properties? finally, we are hoping this discussion leads to a point where we can actually go away and start to frame a the land policy that can be brought back to the commission hopefully before the close of 2011, but also updating a lot of our policy of our procedures, our manual for real-estate inside sfpuc and how it's implemented within the puc. just to remind you, we do have some existing plans and policies in place and/or memorandums of understanding did you have the environmental stewardship policy which you adopted in 2006. we have a watershed agreement, production agreement, with the national parks service, which was first approved by you in 2005. and redone again in 2010. there is the reverse management plan with the u.s. forest service in 1988 and the national parks service is working on their portion did you have the lme the watershed plan, approved in 2000 and 20
uses are. or if the properties are no longer needed for utility purposes, what is this commission's disposition of those properties? finally, we are hoping this discussion leads to a point where we can actually go away and start to frame a the land policy that can be brought back to the commission hopefully before the close of 2011, but also updating a lot of our policy of our procedures, our manual for real-estate inside sfpuc and how it's implemented within the puc. just to remind you, we do...
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if we are using non-bond money, it can be used for temporary art. the idea is that even as we think about what prominent art is, we have had conversations that the city attorney's office and with leadership within the puc in the arts commission around our definition of permanent art. one could imagine that we would work with an organization, yes or pulling this out of the air, like may be the bayview opera house that provides recognition for committee members in the southeast. the idea is that we could -- they could produce permanent are they could go into puc buildings and facilities that we own, for example it would not be permanent are like the big buddha outside city hall, for example, but we would see it as permanent. commissioner caen: ok. my second question is, how is it going to operate in terms of if they commission some artwork that is not pertinent to puc how are the checks and balances going to work? >> we have it quite a few checks and balances in place. the resolution says everything from -- that the puc has full discretion over how th
if we are using non-bond money, it can be used for temporary art. the idea is that even as we think about what prominent art is, we have had conversations that the city attorney's office and with leadership within the puc in the arts commission around our definition of permanent art. one could imagine that we would work with an organization, yes or pulling this out of the air, like may be the bayview opera house that provides recognition for committee members in the southeast. the idea is that...
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are you allowed to use force or a cro use your square account? > >> we are. we're not prohibited from having our own merchant accounts. supervisor farrell: not to make a commercial for square and they do great work, but you are allowed to use court and do not to pit vipers and if you do not want to? to go it is 2.75% plus a small per transaction fee. >> good morning. and i am attorney at the asian law caucus. i am here on behalf of the caucus to urge the committee to super -- to support supervisor campos' proposed resolution. the mta decision to open up this pandora's box has raised a whole host of legal questions and potential state labor code violations. as you know, section 11 06 of the transportation code explicitly prohibited taxing companies from passing on the credit card merchant fee to their drivers. section 11 06 have represented an extremely important protection for the drivers who, as it was and already is, struggle to make ends meet. it is disturbing that the codes were waived, though they have not clearly been met. since the waiver went into aff
are you allowed to use force or a cro use your square account? > >> we are. we're not prohibited from having our own merchant accounts. supervisor farrell: not to make a commercial for square and they do great work, but you are allowed to use court and do not to pit vipers and if you do not want to? to go it is 2.75% plus a small per transaction fee. >> good morning. and i am attorney at the asian law caucus. i am here on behalf of the caucus to urge the committee to super -- to...
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what does it mean for us this year? next year, children who were born between -- born on november the second can be designated as a tk. they can be offered a two-year program. right now, we have that this is simply just what you can do. this is where things get very interesting. transitional kindergarten means the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is developmentally appropriate. do we get a new curriculum of for these special children who were born? they were born in this 90-day window. next year, kids are born in the 30 day window, then 60 days, then the 90 day window. do we need a special curriculum for those children? that is the question we have been asked for a -- from a few people. and then the last one says, this cannot be construed as a new program. and this is just straight out of the code. straight out of ed code. we can't create a program for a higher level of service. so sit with that. this is a modified two-year opportunity for children. and in t
what does it mean for us this year? next year, children who were born between -- born on november the second can be designated as a tk. they can be offered a two-year program. right now, we have that this is simply just what you can do. this is where things get very interesting. transitional kindergarten means the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is developmentally appropriate. do we get a new curriculum of for these special...